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If you rush to drag the Adobe programs to Trash, you might fail to uninstall Adobe on Mac or trigger error message. Why? Make sure you have quitted the program from the Dock and Activity Monitor. Moreover, you also need to clean up all the service files, such as caches, logs and other debris still remains on your Mac to completely uninstall Adobe on Mac.

The article shares the methods to uninstall Creative Cloud, Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat Player, and Photoshop completely from your Mac. Besides the complicated processes, Apeaksoft Mac Cleaner is the ultimate method to uninstall Adobe on Mac within clicks.

Part 1: The Ultimate Method to Uninstall Adobe on Mac

Apeaksoft Mac Cleaner is the versatile Adobe uninstaller on Mac. Whether you need to uninstall Adobe applications with ease, or cannot uninstall the files, it is able to have a quick scan, locate and identify files and unneeded clutter on your Mac within one click.

Note: Setting Default for the magnification and page layout options uses the individual user settings in the Page Display preferences within Acrobat or Adobe Reader. Window options The window options determine how the window adjusts in the screen area when a user opens the document. HKLMSOFTWAREWOW6432NodePoliciesAdobe (product name) (version)FeatureLockdown. Specifies whether all data in a form is saved rather than only data related to the form's schema. Possible values include: null: Save form data even when it's not part of a schema.

• 1. Uninstall Adobe applications, caches, logs and others within one click.
• 2. Monitor the system performance and keep the Mac in a good state.
• 3. Remove any funk file, old & large file, clutter, shred files and more others.
• 4. Ensure 100% security and speed up the Mac system with ease.

Step 1Download and install Mac Cleaner
Just download and install Apeaksoft Mac Cleaner, launch the program on your Mac. Choose the 'ToolKit' menu from the user interface of the program to scan for the installed Adobe applications, such as Adobe Cloud Creative, Flash Player, Adobe Reader and more.

Step 2Scan the Adobe applications on Mac
Click the 'Scan' button to scan the Adobe applications as well as the related cache/log and other files on your Mac. It might take a period of time to scan all the files on your Mac computer. Click the 'Rescan' button if the files are not available.

Step 3Locate and check the Adobe Application
Click the 'View' button, you can check out the scanned applications for Adobe. It includes all the information, such as installer, plist files as well as the others. Of course, you can also enter the name of the Adobe application you want to uninstall from your Mac.

Step 4Uninstall Adobe application on Mac
Once you have selected all the Adobe application as well as the cache files, you can click the 'Clean' button to uninstall Adobe application on your Mac. It will clean up all the files that will not cause the compatibility issues even if you have a reinstallation.

Part 2: How to Uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud on Mac

Adobe Creative Cloud on Mac enables you to install the other Adobe programs. In order to uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud on Mac, you have to make sure you don't have specific programs installed from Creative Studio. Then you can follow the method to uninstall Adobe on Mac as below.

Step 1Quit the Creative Cloud app manager on Mac. Locate the Adobe Creative Cloud in the Menu Bar, right click the app and choose the 'Quit' option.

Step 2Locate the uninstaller with the following path: Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Creative Cloud/Uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud. Just search for the uninstaller if above location is not available.

Step 3Click the 'Creative Cloud Uninstaller' app to uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud on your Mac. Click the 'Uninstall' button and enter the administrator password of your Mac to remove the Adobe program.

Step 4In order to remove the leftovers, you can delete service files with the following folder: Adobe Application Manager, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Creative Experience, Adobe Installers, Adobe Sync.

Part 3: How to Uninstall Adobe Flash Player on Mac

Adobe Flash Player is different from the other Adobe programs, which is not displayed on Launchpad or in any folder in the Applications. Instead, you should remove the Adobe Flash Player from System Preference Panes. Here is the detailed process to uninstall Adobe Flash Player on Mac.

Step 1Go to the 'System Preferences' on your Mac and locate the 'Flash Player' in the bottom. Right click the Flash Player and select the Remove 'Flash Player' Preference Pane.

Step 2Open the Finder and go to the Library folder. Locate the following directory: ~Library/PreferencePanes. You can remove the Flash Player subfolder to uninstall Mac Adobe Flash Player in the PreferencePanes folder.

Part 4: How to Uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader on Mac

Adobe Acrobat Reader on Mac is also available in the Applications. You can follow the similar method to uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader on Mac. Besides, you should also remove the service files; caches, logs and other debris still remain on your Mac.

Step 1Go to the 'Applications' folder in the Finder. Locate the app and remove the Adobe Reader application to the Trash. After that, you can empty the app within the Trash.

Step 2In order to uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader on Mac completely, you have to remove the caches, logs and more other leftovers that still remain on your Mac.

~/Library/Application Support/Adobe

~/Library/Caches/Adobe

~/Library/Saved Application State/com.adobe.Reader.savedState

~/Library/Caches/com.adobe.Reader

~/Library/Caches/com.adobe.InstallAdobeAcrobatReaderDC

~/Library/Preferences/Adobe

~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.Reader.plist

~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.AdobeRdrCEFHelper.plist

~/Library/Logs/Adobe_ADMLogs

~/Library/Logs/Adobe

~/Library/Cookies/com.adobe.InstallAdobeAcrobatReaderDC.binarycookies

Part 5: How to Uninstall Adobe Photoshop on Mac

When you are using Photoshop CC, you have to remove the Adobe Creative Cloud service beforehand. As for Photoshop CS4/CS5/CS6 or Photoshop Elements as the standalone version, you can find the detailed process to uninstall Adobe Photoshop CS5 on Mac as below.

Step 1Go to the following path to remove Adobe Photoshop CS5 via the 'Uninstall Adobe Photoshop CS5'. You might also find some unreadable name there. Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers/

Step 2Launch the uninstaller and you can enter the administrator password. Check the 'Remove Preferences' if you want to uninstall the Adobe Photoshop CS5 on Mac completely.

Step 3Locate and delete the Adobe Installers and Adobe Utilities with the following path. If you still need the other Adobe Photoshop programs, you should keep them in the folder.
Macintosh HD / Applications / Utilities

Conclusion

What are the best methods to uninstall Adobe programs on the Mac? The article shares the methods to remove the Adobe installers as well as the caches. Make sure all the files are cleaned up in order to avoid the compatibility issues. Of course, you can also use the ultimate Adobe uninstaller tool on Mac to clear the Adobe completely.

Note

Mac users should refer to the Admin Guide for Macintosh.

Administrators typically configure installers before deployment via preferences and properties so that machines under their control share the requisite settings. Both Acrobat and Reader share a common set of preferences and are similar in their configuration details. Since per-machine user interface configuration is not scalable, Adobe provides two key resources to help you configure Acrobat and Reader prior to deployment:

• Customization Wizard: A free utility for configuring the installer prior to deployment. It is offered in both Windows and Mac versions.

• Preference Reference: A dictionary of registry and plist preferences.

Fundamentals¶

Before continuing, you should know that:

• The tables and examples in most documents use the Windows registry. Naming conventions and paths are relatively similar on Macintosh, Unix, and Linux systems.

• The Preference Reference describes 500+ settings.

• HKCU settings are end user settings. Most user interface settings have a corresponding HKCU preference.

• HKLM preferences will lock a feature and require administrator privileges to modify.

• Preference names are case sensitive.

• Just because you don't see the preference doesn't mean it not in use by the code or cannot be edited/added manually:

  • Some preferences exist internally and are not visually apparent in the registry until after a feature is used. Subdirectories may also appear as the code is exercised.

  • Many features are not enabled by default and their related preferences must be manually created.

  • Many preferences cannot be set thought the UI and must be manually created.

  • The easiest way to configure the product is to exercise the UI and then manually massage the preferences which don't have a corresponding UI.

Preference locations¶

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• Settings for the currently logged-in user: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareAdobe(productname)(version)

• Lockable keys (32 bit): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesAdobe(productname)(version)FeatureLockDown

• Lockable keys (64 bit): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeAdobe(productname)(version)FeatureLockdown

• Non lockable machine keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREAdobe(productname)(version)

Note

Acrobat products use the track name as the version. Thus, the Continuous track will always use 'DC' and the Classic track will always use a year such as 2015 or 2017.

Acrobat preferences: Classic track

Data types¶

When adding new keys to the registry, it is critical that you get the Value data and Name fields correct as shown below. Most preferences have a data type prefix. These need to be added in a format the application can recognize.

Administrator locking¶

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Many preferences may be locked so that end users cannot change them via the product's user interface. To do so, set them in the location described above. Some preferences only reside in the lockdown location and do not have a counterpart in the user preference area. For details about specific preferences, refer to the Preference Reference.

Sample use case¶

Modifying existing or creating custom preferences requires some knowledge of the supported naming conventions and data types. In general:

• 'Hives' are usually the top-level HKCU, HKLM, and other directories, but it's also common to refer to subdirectories by the same name.

• Folders/directories that contain the actual preferences (keys), appear in the left-hand window, these often are the home for sub containers.

• Some keys are containers called 'cabs' (Windows) or 'dictionaries' (Mac). These names are always prepended by a 'c' on Windows. For example, cAdobe_ChainBuilder and cAcceptablePolicyOIDs. The lowest level key container is an array. Item names are always 'c' + . Thus, an array under cAcceptablePolicyOIDs could be c0, c1, c2, c3, and so on. The subkey structure has a dependency on the data type of the parent container. Cabs at the c0, c1, c2, etc. level use a subdirectory named cValue that contain the actual key data. For all other data types, store the value directly at the c0, c1, c2, etc. level

• The lowest key level defines the actual preference. It is always a name/value pair.

To create a new preference on Windows for example:

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1. Open the registry editor.

2. Look up the preference you want to set in the Preference Reference or the pertinent document. You'll need to know the path, name, and value.

3. Navigate to the required location.

4. Create any container keys you might need on the left-hand side of the editor.

5. Highlight that containing key and in the right hand side, right click and choose New > .

6. Enter a name.

7. Right click on the preference name and enter a value.

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APIs and the SDK¶

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Many preferences are exposed in the API. The plugins use the cross platform ASCab preference mechanism supported by all Acrobat products. This mechanism uses calls such as AVAppGetPrefCab and AVAppSetPrefCab, that were introduced in Acrobat 5.0. Refer to the Acrobat and PDF Library API Reference for details on these calls.